Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-01-28

Gcopy,fgAh 1886, 6yA " Kellogg Newspaper Co. ]
CHAPTER IV.-CoNTINUED.
Narren's face turned red. Why had
| the pcddlcr alluded to her ? Did he
observe the look of diSmay upon the
| face of his parents when he returned
| from church with her the night before !?
I'm tell We, Warren said the ped
| der, in a low tone, Il don't blame We
one doggon bit-providen' Yer in ear
| nest; but lem me tell We somethin if
We go to breakin' that gals heart, yer
mcaner than teller who peddles brass
earrings or pizen medicine. She's a
| good gal, Warren, with an 'all-wool
heart-there' no cotton chain or film
! about her-she's no cheat an as good
as gold"
Pete had 4 habit of rating people as
he did his merchandise. Having spent
all his life in Il certain trade it became
part of his language, and a part of
himself.
Warren felt like criminal; he asked
himself in his own mind whether he
was Il william or not. He knew that he
could not get his parents consent to
/ his marriage with her, and he had not
really obtained his own. Perhaps this
/ feeling was only sympathy and interest
in the poor girl.
pete he said, "who was it that
wronged this girl ? who robbed her of
her home, the Plumber place ?"
''Why the man who owns it now
/ old jim Arnold
How was it dOne?"
! Done, it was one o them steals
which is done in court Ye see, when
! Mr.. Lakeman died, he was but little
! known. There was security debt of
! five hundred dollars against him, an
old jim Arnold he bought it. Well, We
see, Arnold got a thief named Smith
administrator, regular cheat, with
cotton chain an toe film then they
went to lawn this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| claim, an spent all the personal prop
erty dom it. There warn't enough to
| pay funeral expenses an doctor bill,
though Mr. Lakeman were well fixed
when he died. After that was settled a
guardian. was appointed for the two
/ children, who, of course, were titled
/ to 4 homestead. Well, the guardian
was off the same piece o cloth as the
administrator. Here was five hundred
dollars to pay, and farm an a piece
/ o raw land to pay it out Of The tow
! linen Arnold, he has the homestead o
: the children set off among the breaks
an hills, not worth ten cents an acre,
an farm worth five thousand dollars
sold. He bought it in at five hun
: drcd."
why, how could this be doneP"
/ Warren asked.
Eye see, Arnold owned the lawyers in
/ it, an the probate judge, too"
why was it not appealed to high
er court?'
! 1T was. an there they found the
rottcnest goods i'll the whole pack; the
/ lower court might not Il had any better
sense, but the otheriudge he was-well
he was bought. jist like piece o cal
leo, an he's shoddy goods at that. He
held it all to be regular, an dismissed
the appeal Mother lawyer tried to
take it the Supreme Court, but ye see
the administrator lawyer an the
guardians lawyer, who were shoddy
goods, come in an dismissed the whole
thing
And those poor children were swim
dled?"
Yes; worse swindled than they'd a
been by a secondhand clothing jew
merchant in Chatham street, New
York
The remainder of the drive to town
was made in silence, and Warren re-
turned alone His mind was busy.
This girl then was not of low parent
age. though her occupation was hum
BILE Humble-was it not noble? He
resolved to know more of Helen Lake
man.